Blue Haze Sheds Light on Potential Problem
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Updated: 10:57 PM Feb 18, 2008
Blue Haze Sheds Light on Potential Problem
The blue haze that hung over the Kanawha Valley a few weeks ago may not have been just a weather occurance.
Posted: 4:37 AM Feb 18, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
Email Address: news@wsaz.com
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The blue haze that hung over Kanawha County a few weeks ago may not have been just a weather occurrance.

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, the John Amos power plant has released far more sulfuric acid into the air than was previously disclosed.

State regulators don't have exact estimates, but the DEP says it was roughly four times greater than AEP told regulators and residents.

That could amount to several million pounds a year of unreported toxic chemicals.

Earl Billingsly is the supervisor for air inspectors at the state's DEP, and he says that is significantly higher than what the plant had previously reported.

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Posted by: booger on Jun 26, 2008 at 12:57 PM

Here comes the "tree-hugger" comment again. Hey, all you stupid rednecks... Come up with something new. I was called a tree-hugger in second grade. Are you guys not smarter than a second grader? This time the tree-huggers are right. Breathe in a the blue haze you want. When you're dead from cancer in 5 years, us "tree-huggers" will be still be alive and kicking. I'd rather be a tree-hugger than a "coal-sucker"
Posted by: Anonymous on Feb 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM

whats up with huntington?? murders, blue haze! they need to just shut the town down!!
Posted by: carla on Feb 19, 2008 at 10:28 PM

now maybe some of you "smoker haters" will have something else to poison your lungs..lol
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